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1996 Montreal Expos season

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Owner(s)
  
Claude Brochu

Manager(s)
  
Felipe Alou

General manager(s)
  
Jim Beattie

Local television
  
The Sports Network (Dave Van Horne, Ken Singleton) TQS (Michel Villeneuve, Marc Griffin) SRC (Claude Raymond, Camille Dube) RDS Network (Denis Casavant, Alain Chantelois)

Local radio
  
CKAC (AM) (Dave Van Horne, Ken Singleton, Elliott Price, Mike Stenhouse) CIQC (Jacques Doucet, Rodger Brulotte, Alain Chantelois)

Offseason

  • October 13, 1995: Butch Henry was selected off waivers by the Boston Red Sox from the Montreal Expos.
  • December 1, 1995: Wally Whitehurst was signed as a Free Agent with the Montreal Expos.
  • December 4, 1995: Jalal Leach was drafted by the Montreal Expos from the New York Yankees in the 1995 minor league draft.
  • December 15, 1995: Omar Daal was traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers to the Montreal Expos for Rick Clelland (minors).
  • December 20, 1995: Andy Stankiewicz signed as a Free Agent with the Montreal Expos.
  • March 13, 1996: Rick Schu was signed as a Free Agent with the Montreal Expos.
  • March 13, 1996: Sherman Obando was traded by the Baltimore Orioles to the Montreal Expos for Tony Tarasco.

    • Regular season

  • April 1 – Seven pitches into the first game of the season, at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati, home plate umpire John McSherry collapses on the field and dies of a massive heart attack. The game between the Cincinnati Reds and Montréal Expos is postponed, along with the rest of the games scheduled for that day. Reds owner Marge Schott later comes under fire for wanting the game in Cincinnati to continue despite the tragedy (and against the wishes of the players on both teams), saying that she felt "cheated" when it was canceled.

    • Ultimately, the Expos finished two games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers in the Wild Card,

    Contents

    Opening Day starters

  • Moisés Alou
  • Rheal Cormier
  • Darrin Fletcher
  • Mark Grudzielanek
  • Mike Lansing
  • Henry Rodríguez
  • David Segui
  • Dave Silvestri
  • Rondell White

    • Transactions

  • June 4, 1996: Milton Bradley was drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 2nd round of the 1996 amateur draft. Player signed July 1, 1996.
  • June 12, 1996: Wally Whitehurst was selected off waivers by the New York Yankees from the Montreal Expos.
  • June 25, 1996: Jon Habyan was signed as a Free Agent with the Montreal Expos.
  • July 11, 1996: Jeff Juden was selected off waivers by the Montreal Expos from the San Francisco Giants.
  • July 30, 1996: Kirk Rueter was traded by the Montreal Expos with Tim Scott to the San Francisco Giants for Mark Leiter.

    • Batting

    Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In; Avg. = Batting Average; SB = Stolen Bases

    Other pitchers

    Relief pitchers

    Award winners

  • Jeff Fassero, National League Pitcher of the Month, June
  • Jeff Fassero, National League Pitcher of the Month, July

    • 1996 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

    Farm system

    LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Harrisburg, Vermont

    References

    1996 Montreal Expos season Wikipedia
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